Cape Council votes to appoint Grill's replacement

CAPE CORAL: The Cape Coral City Council has a plan to replace Councilman Eric Grill. Governor Charlie Crist suspended Grill after the State Attorney's Office filed a charge against him for making a false statement.

Council members say they will appoint someone to replace Grill during their council meeting on March 15th.

They'll accept applications through March 10th and at least one person has already said he'll apply.

The big decision tonight was whether to appoint someone or to let the public vote.

A vote would have cost nearly $150,000 and council members said it would have been impossible to get it done by the March 24th deadline - at which point it would automatically go to a special election.

Monday night, former Cape Coral Councilman Chris Berardi said he will apply to replace Grill.

Berardi replaced Mickey Rosado on the council back in 2007 after Rosado was charged with a felony.

City leaders say they will have an application on the city's website by Tuesday and they will begin advertising the position by the end of the week.

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